Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen It is not a secret that I love my country and Scandinavia in general. I consider myself a true Norwegian or a Scandinavian although I do love to travel around the world as well. Here we are on the ferry between Moss and Horten back home after been visiting the family […]
I do love my gold cross above that I carry ever so often. The design is great. It is tiny, tiny and measures eight millimeters. When I was eighteen and living in California for a year, I ran across a quote on a card in a bookstore, a card I have kept all this time. The quote goes: “I carry a cross in […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen It is Christmas and “love is all around”. Well as a matter of fact, love is not all around. Many people in the world are striving this Christmas. There is war, there is fighting and hatred, and all of us must contribute the way we can. But despite of all the suffering we still […]
Easter ! Drawn by Annie Vallotton
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen I grew up with this Christmas star from the seventies. Now it is hanging in our living-room and it takes me right back into my childhood Christmas. We are four noisy children running around all excited, the smell of turkey in the house, the sound of angel chimes, the little white church on the […]
I have put out our nativity scene (krybbe) in the living-room. These figures have followed us since the children were small and this year I have adopted the Spanish tradition to set up the scene two weeks before Christmas. Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen Mary and Joseph’s ride to Bethlehem has always interested me. What if they had known that they were to […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen The first of December I always put out my lamps with candles next to the front door, and I have them burn day and night till Christmas Eve. They create a great athmosphere outside the house, and whenever we get home the burning candles welcome us back. Traditions like this make […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen Lis Museo in Salamanca, Spain.
I am in Salamanca this week with my students who are studying Spanish, all taken by this small and stunningly beautiful student-filled city in northwestern Spain close to Portuguese border. It has an incredible architecture, actually it is considered one of the most spectacular Renaissance cities in Europe, and thanks to its clear and pure […]
Photo: Kristin Bae Mysen When my computer gets hung up I restart it and the machinery works as new. If I have made any errors in my document I delete them, and after doing some changes in my file I simply push the refresh button. This is how Easter and the man on a cross […]
